"The statue honoring the policemen killed in the Haymarket riots of 1886, presently in protective custody after repeated attempts to blow it up, will once again be put on public display. Once located in downtown Chicago, the monument has been relocated more than five times. It is scheduled to publicly re-emerge this month outside the new police headquarters at 3510 S. Michigan Ave. Since 1976, it has been inaccesible to the public in the courtyard of the police academy at 1300 W. Jackson. The statue, much like the era it symbolizes, has a volatile past. Download entire article in PDF format.
